School – Harper TX

City:
Harper, TX

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1938

Completed:
1942

Quality of Information:
Minimal

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

A plaque on the school indicates that the Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed the original limestone school building in Harper, Texas between 1938 and 1940. The state historical marker says the WPA also added on to the school with work continuing to 1942. The building is still in use as a school.

Source notes

WPA Plaque on building

State historical marker
https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details/5507016502

Site originally submitted by Larry Moore on February 20, 2018.

Location Info


250 N School St
Harper, Texas 78631
Gillespie County

Coordinates: 30.300547, -99.2434837

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